The latest version features new button style, adds support for FLV download format and now displays HD download option only when available, with current release the addon is now Firefox 3.5 compatible.

i completely agree with you..the 3.6 add on for the easy youtube downloader just won't work?? i keep trying everything i been uninstalling it then putting it back then changing it..nothing will work!! it keeps showing 0bytes too it..i think maybe you need to create a newer version..=/ if not find a way for helping us..because we can't download a single thing =(

This Is a great addon, but ever since upgrading to 1.2, I can no longer see the Download links with the flashblock addon enabled using firefox 3.0.10 on a windows xp pro desktop. It would be nice if you could fix it so that it works correctly with flashblock again. That and the previous icons were a little more user friendly since they were bigger. Other than that, its an excellent addon!

This extension is very nice, but on a Mac/Unix-based PC there is one problem with the path. The standard path is Desktop\Videoname.extension, this might be correct for Windows, on other operatingsystems you can hope, that you can correct these filename. Thanks for an update.

Try this:
- In firefox, click the FLV download link
- It will start downloading, but the file will not actually contain any data
- In the download window pane, right-click, select "copy download link"
- Paste this link into a new browser window and you can download and rename the file

Hi, I'm having a problem here: there's this HQ video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCVqx2b-c7U&feature=channel#
but the download options are only FLV 3GP MP4 the HD option doesn't appear..
any idea if its a problem with HQ (youtube) and HD?
Thanks

Is there a way to download the subtitle/ caption file in some youtube videos? I really need the subs for Home http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqxENMKaeCU but they don't show in the downloaded files. Thanks.

This is a great add-on, no questions there. The only problem is its incompatability with Flashblock. It's kind of a pain in "the behind" having to turn flashblock on and off everytime I want to download a video! That's why I'm sticking with version 1.1 until these guys can fix the problem. Maybe in the next version!?

as far as i can tell, right clicking flv, 3gp, mp4, copying the source url and opening it in a different tab works; and as long as you have a folder set as a save as destination it shud work...jus gotta rename!

Okay people, we all know that the software has an incompatibility with Flashblock. We just have to sit, wait and pray that the problem is fixed in an upcoming version. No need to blame the software or call anyone names. That hasn't and will never lead to anything.

Until then, if you want to turn the version back to 1.1 and don't know how to do it just do this:

1) uninstall EasyYoutubeDownloader;
2) go to this link where the software is:

--> https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/10137

3) scroll down to "Works with" and click the link that says "See All Versions";
4) scroll down to version 1.1 and add it to firefox;

Note: when Firefox warns you that a new version of the add-on is available just ignore it. When there are updates for your other add-ons just uncheck the box on EasyYoutubeDownloader and proceed.

Remind yourself to keep track of the notes from the newest versions. This problem may be solved in any upcoming version!

same problem, when clicking any of the file formats nothing happens. I found that opening the links in a new tab works, but you have to rename the file after it downloads. It's a bit inconvenient so it would be nice if the problem could be fixed.

Try to donwload this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2_MzhA0acA
You can't do it because the name of the video is "Aikido Yokomenuchi Nikyo O/U" and you will get an error message because the "/" character should be escaped...
Thank you for this great addon.

This is by far the most useful add-on I have used and am currently using along with FireGestures. Is it possible to add MP3 an an option for people who want to download the audio only? Thx for this great add-on.

Maybe stupid question but where do I get version 1.4? Download on this page is pointing still to version 1.2, right?

Thank you for this great tool, it is one of my favorite tools on my computer and I could not imagine any more without it...

BTW, is there any chance you will make the tool capable of downloading multiple videos, e.g. from a youtube playlist or favorites or just all videos that are linked from a certain page? That would be really awesome!!

It is great that the plugin uses the name of the Youtube video in the filename that it creates (eg Youtube movie.flv). The issue is that if you watch and try to download a movie with the exact same title (and download filename), the original will get overwritten and lost! This has been happening and I did not even realize, so I am not a happy camper. This can be fixed by checking to see if the filename being downloaded already exists, and then have the plugin just add a (1), (2), etc to the end of it. Thus no more overwriting existing files. Hopefully this can be done because this is a really easy, fast plugin to use, with this rather annoying issue bringing it down.

Just wondering if the mp4 could be made to play on an iPod. I know that iPods do play mp4, but some types are incompatible. I have been converting my videos to m4v, but would rather avoid this step since it is time consuming and requires twice the space. Other than that, I agree that mp3 support should be added. As one final thought, it would also be great if you could move the download buttons to a spot closer to the player controls, and some graphics would be nice too instead of just text links.I'm sure that you are not able to accommodate the requests for all the different file types requested due to space issues... maybe get around this obstacle by having a single download button with a drop down menu of all the different types.
Great add-on though. I have never had any problems with it, but there is still room to be better. Looking forward to future releases. thanks.

Flashblock prevents this extension from working. It worked perfectly in the past (v1.1 IIRC) but since I updated to FF3.5 and got compatible version of this (1.6 at the time) the download links no longer appear.

To download a video is important go first to "option" of Easy YouTube Video Downloader, and select where you whish download it. This options are in
aggregates program in your firefox, find its in "tools". if you don´t do it you can´t download any video.

You definitely need to add an MP3 format option to the download options, i often need only the sound from a youtube video and have to download and convert to get mp3 audio, pls add mp3 option. Thanks, Bye.

I compared frame by frame an HQ video diaplayed in the youtube box and the same video downloaded as "MP4", that should be *the exact* HQ video dislplayed on youtube, but i instantly noticed a lot of artifacts in the downloaded one, instead of very smooth edges in the youtube box.

So here i'm not understandig if the downloaded video (as "MP4") is different from the HQ displayed on the youtube box or if the youtube player includes some powerful anti-aliasing function in itself.

And, in that last case, how can that function be enabled outside youtube? Because the quality difference it's huge.

This is an excellent downloading tool! It always works for me.The only thing that you should add is an option where the program can download videos that have the same titles.

Example:
I want to download a video that says
VideoTen
and when I try to download another video with the same exact title it will download as Videoten-1 oppose to overwriting the original video with the same exact title.

Seriously, I don't know what the deal is...the "buttons" are there, you can click on them, but NOTHING happens. NOTHING. I downloaded this THREE times and still nothing. I am so disappointed, I used to have a great YouTube Downloading program. Guess I'll have to go back and reinstall that one. Too bad. I was really hoping this one would work.

Nothing happens when I click to download from Youtube as MP4 (or anything else). When I tried to uninstall Easy, it continues to show "This add-on will uninstall when Firefox is restarted". Need help! Thanks.

Great app! Got it to work on a Mac by control+clicking on MP4 (plain clicking didn't work for me) and selecting "OK" button on resulting pop-up "You have chosen to open Video.MP4" window. Went right to the desktop, where I was able to rename it, then import it into iTunes. Thanks for sharing your brilliance!

I have two sets of youtube videos posted by the same author/organization. One set works when I try to download it, the other fails, any idea why? Both were tried using the MP4 file format since I want to throw it onto an ipod and both work when fmt=18 is added to the options

Video that works fine with downloader:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAurgxtOdxY&feature=PlayList&p=CCD6C043FEC59772&index=0

Video that does not work with downloader:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Eeuqh9QfNI&feature=PlayList&p=F049C87F35C3A8D3&index=0

Guys this may be off topic but my youtube mp3 converter is not working anymore x_X
keeps saying pg doesn't exist at all..... and i can't download videos to my mp3>.<
i don't even own an mp4 ._.
anyone help me with this?or know if this got disabled
and i would like a recommendation of where to download youtube videos on my mp3 if
there is a way x.x
--thnx^^

I started using Easy Youtube Video Downloader, 'coz a couple weeks ago Download Helper addon stopped working at all. So E.Y.V.D. became an awesome alternative along with his better features eg.: same file name, multiple simultaneous downloads... But I've noticed a few days back that the option HD [code 22] is not appearing anymore. In this meantime Download Helper retuned workimg with all the downloadable verisons [flv (35), mp4 (18), hd (22)]. So what has happen? Will it be fixed?

Don't worry, this is very useful to most of us, including me. I guess only a few people have real problems with it.

One possibility for all the missing HD download maybe because:
Since this videos are hosted by youtube, the availability of those HD videos may depend on the condition of Youtube's servers. NOT because this add-on works or not. HD videos cost alot resources for the servers. Bandwith for one, is higher. So there may be a load balancing policy in Youtube that limits the availability for ALL High Def videos.

And for those requests for MP3, AVI or other video/file formats...
You will not see any video format that is not directly served by Youtube. This add-on is a DOWNLOAD utility, NOT a converter for Videos!

if have a problem with HD option disappear just go to here
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addons/versions/10137#version-1.8
when finish to update the version now i can download the HD video again..

TY very much for your reply.
The URL is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8gF8mJQOYk&feature=related
But it really doesn't matter. I can't download ANY HD clip for some reason.
Should I uninstall & reinstall the whole program?
Any advice as to what I can do would be deeply appreciated.
Regards,
Jim
jimpascale[at] comcast.net

I just downloaded this addon and it worked perfectly fine for my first download. But after that, it doesn't want to download anything else? Firefox is showing that they start downloading a clip, but then it stops abruptly and the file size is 0kb?

Thanx for a great plugin, only used it for a couple of minutes but feels like its something that will be added to my permanent addon-list !!

However .. Cant find a report-to-bugtracker-option-thingie on this site so ill just post it here. I found some minor issues when using 1.8(b?) under Mozilla 3.5.3.
The issues are as follows:
Regular(left)click to download doesn't work while right-click on the download option and choosing the "open link in new tab" option does the job .. any suggestions for a fix ?

After installing the add-on i am not able to watch the video,also there are buttons to download but when i try to download there is an error and it says contact the administrator of the site. Major problem is tht i am not able to even the watch on site

the hd button is no enabled in mine. everytime im watching a hd vid, for example this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8a2Ojqateo i only see options 3gp, mp4 and flv. theres no HD. i wonder why. im using a firefox 3.5.3.

i already download an Hd video but i know that i need a codec called mpeg4 encoder to see it on windows media player, so how can I make that the video works with this codec Windows Media Video 9 Professional without installing an encoder?

Hi, my user folder contains a "é" character so I can't download to my desktop or my documents my downloads folders or anything which is in my user folder, but if I change the path to something with standard english characters like C/Users/Documents then it's fine. This is kind of annoying as I have to go looking for the file afterward.

when i d/l it in mp4 i can put it on my ipod, but when i d/l it in HD it won't go to my ipod even though it still seems to be in mp4 format. anyone having this problem? Great program BTW, LOVE IT! would just like to figure this problem out.

How can I download youtube videos into music files? The mp4 download option automatically assumes that I am downloading a video file. Still, no mp3 download function for chrome. Hope you get it working soon! :D Besides that, one of the best, if not the best extension for downloading youtube videos, period.

Yesterday the plugin has worked. Today i see in FF window "downloading is starting..." and video is downloading only to the barier about 70MB and stop with message something like "can't save because source file is not avaliable".

Maybe someone can help me.I always converted some vid.s from youtube through youtubedroid without any probs.
But in the last days i get for every video
"Error: Error parsing Youtube URL. Please enter valid Youtube URL"
Anyone else having the same probs?
Thank you in advance for your help!

Installed and working on two pcs sat side by side on same network for many months, now youtube on one PC has a 'new look' and significantly changed formatting with no downloader buttons, the other is still working fine on the old type interface.

Hi there
Im receiving errors since past few days while trying to download,
first i assumed it was something to do with my system or internet or firewall
or mozilla firefox itself
so I tried un installing and re installing the required and the add ons + disabling firewalls etc

when i click MP3 or Any Video format it gives me errors on MP3 it says error cannot find source and similar with FLV or 3GP

Error while trying FLV or 3GP or MP4 :

"C:\Documents and Settings\User\Desktop\Filename.flv could not be saved, because the source file could not be read.

Great extension. Just as of today I do not see, because the entire page youtube does not look the same (in my browser). everything is reversed, and these extensions are not anywhere. Can a little help, how to get back to the normal page layout?

YoutubeDroid.com has been working until today when my Firefox got updated. Now it keeps on saying error every time I try to download anything in MP3 Standard or High Quality. Can the problem be fixed? Otherwise this is a great program for songs I cannot otherwise find or are unable to be downloaded elsewhere.

Easy YouTube Downloader is now blocking the "Post" button on the new YouTube layout today. I can still post though by "viewing All comments" and posting from there. But it's rather annoying. But the downloader still works like a charm!

I press download mp3 Highquality version, well i've done it with standard aswell. hell i've done it as all. and it goes to my itunes as a song! I don't get any video! I just want these on my ipod. WTH? help please?

Sometimes it needs the &feature=related after the link to it will convert it and today i tried to convert Maroon5 - This Love and it just says: "Adult Video Content" when i tried to convert it to mp3 :(

It's an awesome add-on, functionality is great, but that part does need a small tweak as it does block part of the comment box and makes it hard/impossible to post comments on that page (given the 'post' button being behind the add-on's box)

It doesn't work or not work consistently, often I download mp3s quite happily with no problem, but for half or maybe even more of the videos I want to convert and download I get the message:

"Error: Error parsing Youtube URL. Please enter valid Youtube URL"

I don't understand why. An example of a video on which I get this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08Yam4nunXo&NR=1

Furthermore, I try clicking the mp4 link and all I can see happening is some file with 0 bytes that doesn't do anything if I double click, and which when I right click the only options I get are "Copy Download Link", "Select All" and "Remove From List".

I tried copying the link and pasting it into a new tab but I just get a completely blank white page. I also have tried right clicking and saving the link on the youtube page for mp4, that doesn't work either.

I really WANT to love this, because when it works it's compeltely effing awesome. But when the amount of times it works is half the time or less, you start to feel what's the point in even trying to convert and download these things >.<

If anyone can shed some light as to why some videos just REFUSE to be downloaded, and if there's anything I can do about it, please let me know.

Hey, i have your product, its been great so far, yet it has issues with downloading the audio (mp3) from videos, it keeps saying...Error parsing Youtube URL. Please enter valid Youtube URL....if you would please help

Every link I try to download as MP3 brings the same message: Error: Error parsing Youtube URL. Please enter valid Youtube URL.
Sometimes when I click Convert again, the grabbing runs, but most of time not. In single cases it starts to grab, then I get the message: Error: File not found on server.
Another message was: Error: The quality you have chosen is not available for this video, no matter which quality I choose. Damn...

Permalink Submitted by Bull the Great (not verified) on Thu, 06/24/2010 - 15:27

as said in subject , I can't see EMBED and Flag button on video pages ... will this be fixed soon ? to put the download options elsewhere where they wouldn't obstruct the view of anything . thanks , great add-on

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